Health & wellbeing | Female business owners working more than men - but say they are less stressed

Female bosses are working longer hours than men but say they are less stressed, a new study has revealed.

Almost four in ten women are working six or seven day weeks compared to just 30 percent of men, according to a survey of 2,000 small and medium-sized business owners.

This comes as the UK has dropped seven places to 37th in the global ranking for women’s health and wellbeing, according to the Hologic Global Women’s Health Index.

The international study found that four in ten (39 percent) women in the UK say they are stressed, five percent higher than women in Europe, and a figure that continues to rise.